Outstanding tonight. MOM by a country mile.

Thought Hampshire was brilliant also.



If he's a better Stand-Off than Fullback then wow.

Gelling is first choice with out a doubt and it doesn't matter if some people can't see past there poor judgment of him he is quality.



Jack Hughes is starting to really live up to that potential he has as well.



Charnley may have some problems dislodging Manfredi.



Matty Smith really stood up when he needed to, its frightening how we have so much depth in the spine positions. Williams, Powell, Hampshire and Smith eventually we are going to lose a gem in one of them.

That try Hampshire setup for burgess was great, if you watch it zoomed out you could have easily though it was last year with sam setting it up



But as a young forward bateman did great against an experienced/old pack

Only 20 and he literally looked like our leader on the pitch tonight. I hope he never leaves. He is a special player, he will turn out to be one of our best ever signings if he stats with us.



The back 3 were also very impressive, as was Gelling, Smith and.... Well the list could go on

Did anyone miss a tackle tonight?

Last night I think Phil Clarke mentioned Bateman for young player of the year, so far it's between him and burgess. Personally I think Bateman should be the front runner for MOS. Who's Been better this season?

I think Clarke said at one point we hade made over 250 tackles and missed 5. Incredible stats.

Cant believe how good he has been this year. surprising how often he's played though given Wane's comments when he was signed but i guess if hes playing so well you cant leave him out

The future looks good for Wigan, Hampshire and Bateman where fantastic last night amongst others.



It's shown since the salary cap came in that clubs who concentrate on bringing youngsters through generally profit from it, I would imagine there was a massive difference in wages between the 2 teams that started last night yet the result contradicted that.

I knew when I saw him at Leigh pre-season that he would be fantastic this year. He just loves playing the game, think he needs a shave though...

Top notch signing this lad he's as tough as they come and I don't think it will be long before he's on Steve Mcnamaras radar. You can see when the lads are on the field that there is a good feeling in the camp and this go's a lot deeper than preparation alone there seems to be a burning desire to pull on the famous shirt and they are treating the fans to something special this year. Ryan Hampshire is a competitor and he is going to terrorise defences for years to come. Joe Burgess or John Bateman for young player of the year watch this space!